Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72ff99fc69e676b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 17:20:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e44e6768fae41212f3e54e0783297af4 SHA-1: 777a8361b18ebe042c2d76649cea6473ce7eb85e SHA-256: 72ff99fc69e676b95f12b20aea9f78563f6e26f4f58cc863c87559e3434fd27b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://kalashad.com/userfiles/file/69977248703.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.keizerco.nl/userFiles/file/36788689783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitness-sport.it/userfiles/file/vurinoxexigawavopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hycxchina.com/filespath/files/20210917181919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140eda76607e---sevemozovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/631b171081f156c32a21162e45e599ac/77776527139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banlinhkienlaptop.com/userfiles/file/mipiguvokipusiwowirowore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e08c984aa6f8021655f173aaa5a6efb/zafirokoradojeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://one9five.com/userfiles/files/pilemeverolowebipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrcookie.tw/upload/editor/file/072054032709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prospr.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/watokutupijekiseza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taxivanclass.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/96738896218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/nadaxese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artetendasud.it/userfiles/files/61566091108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jszl-rolls.com/filespath/files/20210905161424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riggi.ru/userfiles/file/pivusetujuzepuniwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insolite.lu/img/userfiles/files/ruruteragime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wovinegipozifabobifin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stl-log.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/wedefamazezowukamodapav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://booburger.myagenda.cz/pictures/editor/files/15774453138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sanekebezusapoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinshi66.com/uploadfiles/files/pidisonakoxopuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ssc-ras.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62677874521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insfilings.com/skyzone_classic/upload/files/muberuvisubiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mclarenquartz.in/ci/userfiles/files/fedibifubokevako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastindiaspray.com/suvra/eastindia_spray/files/75645807744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=mulan+2020+in+romanaPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d915.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD915 20344 bytes
SHA-256: f5cd1f82b463ea700e3d5c7952ea6203104b2356a4397e06b7a4edaae9442796
font_01_sfnt_off00010cff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CFF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012516.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12516 10204 bytes
SHA-256: 2727aa3a7f76b9d880adb2afa6ba0435429a54f2b8dc7e263ddb649154871e4e